Vehicle.



J. W. P. BOBTTGHBR. VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17,1908. 907,562. Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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JOHN W. P. BOETTCHER, OF ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 17, 1908.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Serial No. 27,758.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. P. BoET'r- CHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Elizabeth City, in the county of Pasquotankand State of North Carolina, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

1y invention is an improvement in vehicles and consists in certain novelconstructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part hereofFigure 1 is a side viewof the improvement. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a bottom planview. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken in front of the driving shaftand looking toward the rear, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view ofthe pawl and ratchet mechanism.

The present embodiment of my invention comprises a buck board body 1,having transverse shafts 2'connected therewith near each end, and wheels3 are journaled on the ends of the shafts, the rear wheels havingsprockets 4 secured to the inner face of the hubs thereof. A pair ofbrackets 5, are secured to the sides of the body at their centers, thebrackets being supported by braces 6, and a rocking frame 7 is journaledon the brackets.

The frame 7 consists of the side bars 8, con nected by cross bars 9, andis rovided at each end with a seat 10, both of t e seats facing towardthe front, and being provided on their bottom with a ste or bracket 11,for engagement with the ody, to limit the swinging motion of the frame.

A driving shaft 12 is journaled transversely of the body at its center,and u on each end of the shaft is secured a sproc et wheel 13, connectedby a sprocket chain 14, with the sprocket wheels 4 before mentioned.

Inside of each of the sprocket wheels 13, is journaled a s rocket wheel15, adapted to be connected with the shaft 13 when the said shaft ismoving forwardly by a pawl and ratchet mechanism 1 6, the said sprocketwheel 15 being driven by asprocket chain 17 secured at one end to therocking frame as at 18, and by its other end to one end of a coil spring19, the other end of the coil spring being connected with the rockingframe adjacent the connection of the other end of the chain as at 20.

It will be observed from the drawings that one of the sprocket chains isconnected with the rocking frame in front of the bracket 5, while theother is connected with the frame at the rear of the said bracket. Whenthe rocking frame is rocked, one end of the sprocket chain 17 beingfixed, the sprocket wheel 15 will be rotated, and through the pawl andratchet mechanism such rotation will be imparted to the shaft 12,provided the rotation is in a forward direction. hen the front end ofthe frame is depressed, the right hand sprocket wheel will be rotated ina forward direction, and when the rear end is depressed the left handsprocket wheel will be rotated in a forward direction, and through thepawl and ratchet mechanism such motion will be imparted to thedrivingshaft. The reverse motion of the sprocket wheels does not affectthe shaft because of the interposition of the pawl and ratchetmechanism.

The front axle is of the usual construction of such axles inautomobiles, the wheels being journaled on stub shafts pivoted to thebody of the axle, and the usual steering mechanism is connected with thestub shafts, the said mechanism being operated by a vertical rod 21,provided with an angular handle 22, having a grip 23 thereon adjacent tothe rear seat, and the usual horn 24 is connected with the steeringhandle. A brake is also provided, the said brake consisting of a shaft25 journaled beneath the body, and provided near one end with a crankedportion, and at each end with cranked portions 27, the cranked portions27 being provided with rollers 28 for. engaging the tires of the rearwheel. The cranked portion is for engagement by the feet of the rearrider, whereby to operate the brake.

I claim 1. A vehicle comprising a wheel supported body, a bracket oneach side of the body at the center thereof, a frame arrangedlongitudinally of the body and mounted to rock on the brackets, theframe being provided at each end with a seat, a shaft journaled on thebody at the center thereof, a driving connection between the ends of theshaft and the rear wheels, a sprocket wheel journaled on V the shaftnear each end thereof, a pawl and ratchet connection between each of thesprocket wheels and the shaft, to connect the wheels with the shaft whensaid wheels are rotated in a forward direction, a sprocket each endthereof, a pawl and ratchet conchain passing over each wheel, the chainon nection between each of the sprocket wheels one wheel having its endsconnected with one and the shaft, to connect the wheels with the end ofthe frame, and the other chain with shaft when said wheels are rotatedin a forthe opposite end of the frame, and a spring ward direction, asprocket chain passing over interposed in the length of each chain neareach wheel, the chain on one wheel having its one end thereof. endsconnected with one end of the frame, 2. A vehicle comprising a wheelsupported and the other chain with the opposite end of body, a framemounted to rock on the body the frame, and a spring interposed in theand provided at each end with a seat, a length of each chain near oneend thereof. shaft journaled on the body at the center JOHN W. P.BOETTCHER. thereof, a driving connection between the Witnesses: ends ofthe shaft and the rear wheels, a GEORGE F. WRIGHT, sprocket wheeljournaled on the shaft near l O. W. ASHORAFT.

